precipitating

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And the precipitating event for Trump’s change appears to have been a question-and-answer session with Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy in a Senate hearing this week.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

But what is already clear is that there is going to be a huge range of options for voters next May, precipitating an almighty struggle for their support.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025

About 66 million years ago, scientists believe, a city-size asteroid crashed into Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, precipitating a series of worldwide catastrophes: a massive earthquake, landslides, wildfires, tsunamis and temperatures reaching 700 degrees Fahrenheit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2025

Maybe there will be no precipitating incident, no crackdown, no threat to America’s First Amendment tradition.

From Salon • May 30, 2024

A society, almost necessarily, begins every success story with the chapter that most advantages itself, and in America, these precipitating chapters are almost always rendered as the singular action of exceptional individuals.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates